Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31

BROWN AND KNIGHT CAPTUIiSG PIG.
lon< time To see II anybody came. and as none
dill, we crncln1ei 70 investigate It. Brown stood
guard. a,S ! climbed down the wide outside
chimney and found nothing inside but two ears
Of corn | went up the ladder -eEd there was
he al made up ready for a person to get in. !
turae DOWN the covers and found rife and all
t.se flrnitur. but powder: and ss there vas none
Of THAT Gid not care to take il. But carried
the two ears 81 c)rn cut Of tie chimney vita me.
There Iss fire 10 some OF the stuIIFs on the
mountains AMI we roasted the corn. and that was
Cur supper. We ue,t down the river LITTLE fur
tlcr AMI c;.f1p-l for the night.
TIE uszt morn ag we continued down the
riyer. making reoI progress, for now the trail
was utter aaca suddenly, around sharp bend,
We came % lar-e Ia use with two men sitting
O. the porch We coneindesi 20 90 up To them
and ask how fart. was 10 Cleveland. and maybe
We co ID get somethlac; % eat Nhea we hailed
and asked, one Of the ucn cslfae down u us and
told Us 1t was sixty m les Then We asked for
some dinner, telling him that we were sick sol-
diers. fic said we could have some dinner, but
for his part he was opposed TO the war "ewere,
too,
We get 10 some water and some soap, which
improved our al pearance good deal. and finally
dinner was ready There were two ladies', one
old and the other young The Old lady was one
of the kind thar do "a good deal Of thinking and
say Just what they think. After we were down
at the tahIr. she said she wished the Yankees
would get there. that they could get some Lin
Then size accused directly OF being Yankees
ourselves, and as we conciu led that those two
men could not arrest US anyway, we said that we
were Union soldiers, and belonged TO the party
called engine thieves" They had all heard OF
that raid. aud now made US welcome lndeedi
They invited US to stay Il week and rest up We
were wiling, II we could be secrcted somewhere.
They told US that they corlI hide us where the
.frst great rebel could NOS find u.s. told them
that was Just where / wanted to go!
We had good time, being kept in the back
room during the afternoon. They put large
dog out on picket, and We told them army sfori.s
ard sung s0ngs iii dark. Finally the dog harked
and then stapfed They told us not 70 e be IN,
him wnom they had In the back room, and he
caiae in AMI took US by the hands and laughed
and cried and told US some hard tales about his
being imprisoned because he " as for the Uni IN.
Ii was now settled that We should stay tor
few days large basket Of grub was prepared,
and ther boy, pretending TO gong coon hunt-
ing. made rany a large torch We were TO fol-
low u short distance behind. with quilts and pro-
visions We first went down the river, and then
turned up the mountain and went up, up, till
tough. we would never get 10 tho top. We
tliraNd into auot ler raviae and again went up,
10 till we came TO solid wall across cur rayine.
Il looked Gs If the top of III" mountain Lad slid
dos AM barred the pa sage Our guide turned
1t l. to tIle le.t. and afIou., the bushes be got
down and showed us DO e big enough TO crawl
h. lie elt, red with lis torch and we followed
There was a good sized roofn IN tle cave. and he
saii we could have I'll TIC Ire We wanted, and
halo rs loud as we p.sass. without canger 1t
did look es II tic Lyl On would have quite
task TO Cad Us her.. lltn he gave us counter
Signs an promised to cone asail, and lett us o
ENJOY our good fortune Uione, We began to eat
tie provisions btou ~ along, and COZ tinued TIL
II was nearly gone. We NO Id cat and lie down,
but get hui,.r a-aiu iefor.' going 10 sleep and
eat some il1re. llu.lly we q,.it | st our friend
SOU / not coHic lac. In tiI,; but lie did, and
bruush. ll,Lty Of iYio VITA hin
For I've d-y9 we were ted aEI rested In this
safe retreat, thea DER Kind i"iIuj took US down
again to I B" river cn.i save Us guide whom we
followed over tie $40 .tt.lls. After q long time
noticed light ia tie woo,,s end that he WIS
making for it. There found an Old house
standIu. atone and surrounded by The forests,
WI Il We got I, tAc q or my Guide opened il,
aud to my sulp l.e il was full Of il,n they told
US to come in, for we're among fricn $. We
had good h lndshai:c c.l around, and t.ien one
oh man asked US five hal amy money We told
him we had not, lie said that our looks showed
tnat We had no clot 1es, and turning to the conf
paBy he said. ave must get them clothes and
money, for men cannot travel without them"
We were taken to a barn and kept TIL the next
night, and were then given SUIT OF clothes (tnts
was the first they had received since leaving the
CIion armv) and SO each, aad a guide who was
to receive so for taking US three nights journey.
his placed us across the Tennessee river,
when sent with instructions from one
house to another.
This was comparatively ensy travelling, and
we passe rapidly and safely on till we reached
our own lines. We had spent forty seven days
and nights passing over some Of the toughest
country that ever laid out of doorsl
Continued tomorrow